AHSS*2110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Victimology, Rugby League Positions
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Location and type cost canada cost per person (2004) ,500/person. Canada pain and suffering, lost wages, health, insurance, etc. Us cost per person (1999) ,100/person = trillion. Problems of crime victims: loss of property, productivity, potential, physical injury, re-victimization by justice system, stress and anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, suicide, mental health problems, homelessness. In 2004, 60 percent of people in b. c. worried about a home break-in: media focuses on sensational crime, fear of crime appears to be decreasing. Gender: male and female rates of victimization similar, males greater risk of robbery, assault, females greater risk of sexual assault, criminal harassment important in how authorities deal with crime (e. g. , jane doe case) Social status: low-income individuals have more personal victimization, burglary, and violence, street youth are particularly vulnerable, poverty increases the risk of child abuse, aboriginal rates are higher overall.
